Better Air Quality (BAQ) Conference 2026

Clean Air Asia, along with co-organizers, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), present the 12th Better Air Quality conference (BAQ 2026) to be held on 11–13 March 2026, with pre-events on 9–10 March, in Bangkok, Thailand.

The BAQ 2026 theme, Together for Clear Skies: Driving Action, Accelerating Investment, calls for collective progress on air quality across Asia and the Pacific. BAQ 2026 will convene a wider circle of stakeholders to shape and deliver better air quality outcomes to improve health and well-being and contribute to global climate goals, highlighting the importance of partnerships and investments to accelerate implementation of solutions on the ground.

Air pollution remains one of the region’s most urgent public health and environmental challenges, yet it also presents one of the greatest opportunities for collaboration, and climate and other co-benefits across sectors and economies. Clean air is a shared development goal, and it will take a wide coalition of effort including financial, technical, and institutional commitment to deliver lasting results. BAQ 2026 aims to catalyze transformative action, partnership, and investment, positioning clean air as a driver of sustainable growth and well-being across the region.

The conference aims to:

• Unlock financing and funding to support solutions that deliver long-term economic resilience and health benefits.
• Drive action and strengthen understanding and cooperation on scalable and integrated solutions to air pollution.
• Promote stronger sectoral and cross-sectoral partnerships to support actions on the ground and broaden the clean air community—connecting governments, technical experts, funders, the private sector, and advocates with a broader set of stakeholders and sectors—sensitizing more actors and catalyzing a paradigm shift for better air quality.

The forum will gather national government representatives, policymakers, financial sector, energy sector, transport sector, agriculture sector, city representatives, private sector, academia, non-governmental organizations, climate change experts, and media.

Registration is free for attending the BAQ 2026, but admission to the conference is subject to review by the organizers.